47: Chapter 47 Garp Sets Sail for Fishman Island(A brief comment; those who don't like reading author rants can skip to the next page.Brothers, 100,000 words!That's a milestone, and also the threshold for starting recommendations.To be honest, this is the author's first novel, and the initial goal was 1 million words.Now we've reached one-tenth of that, which is pretty fast.I hope more people will read this novel.)
After listening to Garp's words, Sengoku seemed somewhat conflicted, but after thinking for a while, he firmly said, "Go.We have to go.Helping Fishman Island is helping ourselves."
Our independence requires the assistance of Fish-Man Island.Although Fish-Man Island is not outwardly powerful, Poseidon, the Sea King, has always been controlled by the Fish-Man Island royal family, making them our greatest ally in our fight against the World Government.
After saying all this, Sengoku thought for a while and said, "I remember your grandson mentioned the concept of a naval inspection team to you.We can use it now.I will appoint you as the captain of the naval inspection team."
Then head to the Sabaody Archipelago to capture those corrupt Marines.Use this as a pretext to get to Sabaody, then secretly infiltrate Fish-Man Island.While the World Government might have some suspicions, they won't be too concerned.
Garp replied, "Understood.Tomorrow I will gather some of my personal guards and be ready to depart for Fishman Island at any time."
And so, late at night, the two old men finalized a series of plans to aid Fishman Island at the naval base.
Meanwhile, after finishing his phone call, Wang Lufei sat on the edge of the bed, pondering if he had overlooked anything.As he thought, he suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Hody Jones since arriving at the Fishman Island Palace.
Logically speaking, Hody Jones, as one of the most outstanding soldiers in the palace, should be very conspicuous, but in the three days since I came to the palace, I haven't seen him even once, which is obviously very abnormal.
"Oh no!" Wang Lufei suddenly said, "Hody Jones is probably already planning to assassinate Otohime."
Although in the original story, Otohime was assassinated while saving a Celestial Dragon and collecting signatures, her current status on Fish-Man Island is no less important than that of a Celestial Dragon, so her assassination might have to happen sooner.
The more Wang Lufei thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and he broke out in a cold sweat.Because things had gone too smoothly in the beginning, he had followed the original plan exactly, neglecting the fact that he himself was the biggest variable.
Now we must reconsider the changes that occurred after I intervened.Fortunately, this was discovered early and prevented a major disaster; we must learn from this experience in the future.
Luffy then activated his Observation Haki and locked onto Princess Otohime, determined to ensure her safety before his grandfather Garp arrived.
Thanks to the 24-hour training he received while monitoring Kuina, Wang Luffy's Observation Haki has improved significantly, enough to allow him to lock onto Otohime even while she is asleep.
Of course, this lock is not very foolproof.As long as Otohime makes any move, it will wake up Luffy.In other words, Luffy can only fall asleep after Otohime falls asleep, and Luffy has to wake up whenever Otohime wakes up.
And so Wang Luffy spent a not-so-pleasant night.
Then, when they woke up in the morning, Shirahoshi and Kuina looked at Luffy, who had dark circles under his eyes, and said, "Did Luffy (sir) train all night?Why do you look so tired?"
Honestly, Wang Lufei wouldn't look this listless and have dark circles even if he didn't sleep for days, but Yi Ji is a restless sleeper who likes to move around even after falling asleep.This makes Wang Lufei sleep for five minutes and wake up for five minutes at a time throughout the night.
This back-and-forth torture was unbearable for anyone, and it was making him a bit nervous.But Wang Lufei still said, "No, I was just too excited during yesterday's training and didn't sleep well.I'll be fine this morning."
The two little girls didn't investigate further and took him to the restaurant to have breakfast.
Upon seeing Princess Otohime sitting regally in the restaurant, Luffy seemed hesitant to speak.He really wanted to ask the princess if she was a spinning top in her past life, since she would spin around in her sleep.
But before Wang Lufei could speak, Yi Ji said, "Good children, come and have breakfast.Sit down."
Then, blushing slightly, she said to Wang Luffy, "Luffy, your grandfather should be awake by now.Let's take this opportunity to call him."
Seeing Otohime's appearance, Wang Lufei didn't know what else to say and said, "She should be awake.I'll attack now."
He then took out a Den Den Mushi and dialed the number.A lewd voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, "Moshi moshi, is that Luffy?How scary, you're calling me so early.Is something you can't handle?"
"Damn it, I picked up the wrong Den Den Mushi," Wang Lufei cursed under his breath.
Yes, because of the ordeal last night, Wang Luffy was a bit listless, so he mistakenly picked up the Den Den Mushi and called Kizaru instead.
But Wang Lufei couldn't just die like that, so he could only play along and say, "Uncle Yuan, I do have something to do, it might be a bit troublesome."
"How scary!What kind of trouble could possibly bother you?Tell Uncle Sarutomo about it." A rather surprised voice came through the Den Den Mushi.
"It's like this, Uncle Ape.I'm currently on Fishman Island, and next to me is Queen Otohime of Fishman Island.She has some things she'd like to ask you," Wang Luffy said, forcing himself to speak.
After Wang Luffy finished speaking, he looked at Otohime and whispered, "Princess Otohime, I dialed the wrong number, but the effect should be the same.It's Admiral Kizaru.Please answer it."
Otohime seemed somewhat at a loss, unsure of what to do.Last night, she had been writhing in bed trying to recall her conversation with Garp, but the Den Den Mushi was connected to Admiral Kizaru.This was clearly beyond her understanding; she didn't know how.
Otohime's mind was blank; she didn't know what to say, so she could only blankly take the Den Den Mushi, get up, and go outside to talk about her business.
After a whileOtohime returned somewhat bewildered, mechanically handing back the Den Den Mushi that had already been hung up, and lay down on the chair like a salted fish, gazing at the sky.
Although he didn't know how it went, it didn't seem to go well.Wang Lufei could only comfort her, "I'm sorry, Princess Otohime, I didn't sleep well last night and picked up the wrong Den Den Mushi.How about I call my grandfather again?"
Otohime quickly sprang to her feet and waved her hands anxiously, saying, "No, no, no.The matter has been settled.Don't bother Mr.Garp with another call."
After speaking, Otohime bowed to Wang Luffy and left the restaurant, leaving the three bewildered people behind.
Bai Xing asked, "What's wrong with Mom?Why does she look like she's been played with to death?"
Kuina asked in surprise, "Who taught you that?"
Shirahoshi pointed at Luffy, who was deep in thought.Then Kuina slapped him angrily and said, "Don't teach little girls words like that!"
Just as Wang Luffy was about to explain, Shirahoshi spoke up, "It's not Luffy's fault, he just learned it from listening to Luffy speak."
Kuina persisted, saying, "That's still not acceptable.How can you just say such words in front of a young girl?"
Then Wang Lufei began a sincere apology that lasted 500 words, which finally calmed Kuina down.
Meanwhile, at the naval base, Garp had been waiting for Luffy and Otohime to call, but they never did.
It wasn't until lunchtime, when Kizaru told him that Luffy had actually called him, that he stopped waiting foolishly and immediately picked up the Den Den Mushi to call Luffy back.
Once Wang Luffy answered, he launched into a tirade of fury: "You son of a bitch!You said yesterday that Otohime would call me, and I waited in my office all morning.If Kizaru hadn't told me during lunch, I would have been waiting like an idiot all day.You have to give me an explanation."
Then Wang Luffy had to coax and write a 500-word apology to calm Garp down.After that, he said a few more words before hanging up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Garp went to his office to gather his personal guards, whom he had counted that morning, and prepared to depart for Fishman Island.
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